Buckle



(No ModeL) O. R. HARRIS.

BUCKLE. No. 376,193. I Patented Jan. 10, 1888.

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BY (lam/g ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. HARRIS, or 'WIL IAMsPoR'r, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 376,193, dated January 10, 1888.

Application filed February 2, 1887. Serial No. 226,283. (No model.)

.Zo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. HARRIS, of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Suspender and other Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to suspender and other like buckles, the bodies of which are made of' stamped or cut sheet metal in plate form, as distinguished from a wire frame.

The invention consists in a combination, with such stamped or cut buckle body or plate that may be fitted with the usual swinging on other suitable toothed web-holding cross-bar, of a wire hook attached, substantially as hereinafter described, to said plate for engagement with the detachable end portion of the suspenders or article, any suitable snap being used in connection with the hook for closing it, and the stamped or cut sheetnietal body being of any desired style and shape, whereby a cheap and very efficient suspender or other like buckle is or may be produced.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a suspender strap or Web, in part, with my improved buckle applied, and with the detachable end portion of the suspenders attached. Fig; 2 is an edge view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the'buckle with the serrated cross-bar or plate thrown back or open.

A is the body of the buckle, made of sheet metal stamped or cut into shape, and having backwardly-turned-over sides b b,formedwitl1 teats or pivots ,0 c, for carrying the toothed or serrated cross bar or plate B,which may be of the usual or any suitable construction, and which,when turned down or closed against the inner face or back of the buckle-body A,serves, by its serrated edge (1 and lower turned-over edge portions, d, to engage with and clamp the web 0 ofthe suspender against the inner face or back of the body A; but when thrown back or open, as shown in Fig. 3, is liberated from the web and permits of the sliding of the buckle upon and along the web or strap.

to form upper side trunnions, pivots,orshanks,

ff, by which it is secured to the lower edge portion of the plate-like stamped or cut body A. This isdone by turning over and backward lower projecting portions of the body A, to constitute sockets or bearings 99 for the trunnion or shank portions ffofthe hook. This forms a simple mode of attaching the stout wire hook D to the light sheet-metal body A of the buckle, and it will permit of a slight vibration of the hook in its hearings or holdersgg to enter and release the ring or stirrup e of the detachable portion E of the suspenders within or from the hook and past a snap, 72, attached to the bodyA, and serving to close the hook against accidental detachment of the portion E of the suspenders or its ring 6. This snap,which maybe of any suitable construction, serves to make the hook a snap one.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination,with the stamped or cut sheet-metal buckle-body A, having its lower edge turned over to form sockets or bearings g, of the wire hook D, constructed with side trunnions, pivots, or shanks, f, secured within said sockets or bearings, essentially as described. Y

2. The combination, with the wire hook D, having side pivots or shanks, f, of a snap for closing said hook, the stamped or cut sheetmetal buckle-body A, having its lower edge turned over to form sockets or bearings adapted to clamp and receive within them the pivots or shanks of the hook, and a clamping cross-bar or plate applied to the back of the buckle-body, substantially as specified.

CHARLES R. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

F. H. MoOoRMIoK, CARL HERDIO. 

